Aggressive drug treatment with statins, ace-inhibitors and Plavix have improved the outcomes in patients with carotid stenosis enough that surgery is rarely indicated anymore. I find that similar results on platelet aggregation can be obtained with red yeast, niacin, fish oils and nattokinase. Even better if you add EDTA chelation therapy. We measure the aggregation to be sure that it is effective enough to inhibit the microemboli that cause complications from this disease. Interestingly, the lead author for this study out of London, Ontario, David Spence, was a vocal opponent of Chelation therapy years ago. I hope he is watching the results of the TACT study.
See Family Practice News (click here), January 2010, p. 20.
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